Board

Sir John Bond

Title and age:

Chairman, aged 70

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2011

Committee membership:

Chairman of Nominations Committee and member of Remuneration Committee.

Skills and experience:

Sir John was formerly Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Vodafone Group plc from which he resigned in July 2011, having been appointed to the Board in 2005 and become Chairman in 2006. He retired as Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc in 2006, having also been its Group Chief Executive from 1993 to 1998.

External appointments:

Sir John is a Director of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S (Denmark), the international shipping and investment company and Shui On Land Ltd, a Hong Kong quoted property development company specialising in China. He also holds advisory roles with Northern Trust Corp, USA, and with KKR Asia. In addition, he is a member of various advisory bodies in China: China Development Forum; China Banking Regulatory Commission International Advisory Board; and Tsinghua School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University.

Mick Davis

Title and age:

Chief Executive Officer, aged 54

Appointment:

Appointed Chief Executive of Xstrata (AG) in October 2001 and then Chief Executive Officer of Xstrata plc upon incorporation in February 2002

Committee membership:

Chairman of Executive Committee, and a member of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.

Skills and experience:

Previously, Mick was Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of Billiton Plc, appointed in July 1997, and served as Executive Chairman of Ingwe Coal Corporation Limited from 1995. He joined Gencor Limited in early 1994 from Eskom, the South African state-owned electricity utility, where he was an Executive Director.

External appointments:

None

Trevor Reid

Title and age:

Chief Financial Officer, aged 51

Appointment:

Appointed in February 2002

Committee membership:

Executive Committee.

Skills and experience:

Trevor joined Xstrata in January 2002. Prior to joining Xstrata, he was Global Head of Resource Banking at the Standard Bank Group. He joined the Standard Bank Group in 1997 from Warrior International Limited, a corporate finance boutique specialising in the minerals sector.

External appointments:

None

Santiago Zaldumbide

Title and age:

Executive Director Xstrata plc and Chief Executive of Xstrata Zinc, aged 69

Appointment:

Appointed in February 2002

Committee membership:

Executive Committee.

Skills and experience:

Santiago is currently Executive Chairman of Asturiana de Zinc. He is a previous Chief Executive Officer and Director of Union Explosivos Rio Tinto and of Petroleos del Norte. In 1990, Petroleos del Norte became part of the Repsol Oil Group where Mr. Zaldumbide was responsible for establishing the international structure of the enlarged Repsol Oil Group. In 1994, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Corporación Industrial de Banesto and, in December 1997, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Asturiana de Zinc.

External appointments:

None

David Rough

Title and age:

Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, aged 61

Appointment:

Appointed in April 2002

Committee membership:

Chairman of the Remuneration and a member of the Nominations, Audit and Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committees.

Skills and experience:

David was a Director of Legal & General Group plc before retiring from Legal & General in June 2002. As Group Director (Investments), David headed all aspects of fund management within Legal & General Investments.

External appointments:

Director of Land Securities Group plc, Brown, Shipley & Co Ltd and LME Holdings Ltd.

Dr Con Fauconnier

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 64

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2010

Committee membership:

Remuneration Committee and Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.

Skills and experience:

Con was Managing Director of Iscor Mining in 1999, before being appointed as Chief Executive of Kumba Resources Limited in 2001. From 2006 until his retirement in August 2007, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Exxaro Resources Limited, a newly formed company from the merger of Eyesizwe Mining and the non-iron ore assets of Kumba Resources.

External appointments:

None

Ivan Glasenberg

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 55

Appointment:

Appointed in February 2002

Committee membership:

None

Skills and experience:

Ivan worked in the coal department of Glencore in South Africa for three years and in Australia for two years. From 1989 to 1990, he managed Glencore International’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices. In 1991 he became Head of Glencore’s coal department and in 2002 Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International.

External appointments:

Director of United Company RUSAL plc.

Peter Hooley

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 65

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2009

Committee membership:

Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Skills and experience:

Peter was until 2006 Group Finance Director of Smith & Nephew plc, a global medical devices business listed on the FTSE 100. He was previously Group Financial Controller of BICC plc.

External appointments:

Director and Chairman of BSN medical Luxembourg Holding Sarl, a medical textiles business group.

Claude Lamoureux

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 69

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2008

Committee membership:

Audit Committee, Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee.

Skills and experience:

Claude was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board until 1 December 2007. Previously he spent 25 years as a financial executive with Metropolitan Life in Canada and the US.

External appointments:

Director of Cordiant Capital, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Atrium Innovations Inc., and Industrial Alliance Insurances and Financial Services Inc

Aristotelis Mistakidis

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 51

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2011

Committee membership:

None

Skills and experience:

Aristotelis joined Glencore in 1993 and since 2000 has been the Co Director of Glencore’s zinc/copper/lead commodity department. He is jointly responsible for overseeing the marketing business and industrial assets of the department, including strategy and operations. Before Glencore, Aristotelis worked at Cargill for six years, where he worked in and gained experience in the non-ferrous metals industry.

External appointments:

He is a Director of Katanga Mining Limited and Recylex SA and chairman of Mopani Copper Mines Plc.

Tor Peterson

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 47

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2011

Committee membership:

None

Skills and experience:

Tor joined Glencore in 1992 and since 2002 has been the Director of Glencore’s coal/coke commodity department. He is responsible for overseeing the global marketing business and industrial assets of the department, including strategy and operations. Before Glencore, Tor worked for five years for Phibro-Salomon Inc. as a marketer, being based in New York, London and the Ivory Coast.

External appointments:

None

Sir Steve Robson CB

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 68

Appointment:

Appointed in February 2002

Committee membership:

Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee.

Skills and experience:

Sir Steve retired as Second Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury in January 2001. He had joined HM Treasury after leaving university. His early career included a period as Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a two-year secondment to Investors in Industry plc (3i). From 1997 until his retirement, his responsibilities included the legal framework for regulation of the UK financial services industry, public private partnerships, procurement policy including the private finance initiative and the Treasury’s enterprises and growth unit.

External appointments:

Member of the Financial Reporting Council and KPMG Chairman’s Advisory Board. Chairman of KPMG’s Public Interest Committee.

Ian Strachan

Title and age:

Non-Executive Director, aged 68

Appointment:

Appointed in May 2003

Committee membership:

Chairman of the Health, Safety, Environment and Community Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Skills and experience:

Ian was Chairman of Instinet Group from 2003 to 2005 and Chief Executive of BTR plc from 1996 to 1999. Ian joined Rio Tinto plc (formerly RTZ plc) as Chief Financial Officer in 1987, and was Deputy Chief Executive from 1991 to 1995.

External appointments:

Ian is a Director of Rolls-Royce plc, Caithness Petroleum Limited and Transocean Inc.

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